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[SkySports] - Gunners hopeful of including Timber in squad for Thursday's friendly away to FC Nurnberg, while Rice could sign before squad departs for US tour on Sunday (www.skysports.com)

neil, 10 months ago to random

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darkufo, 10 months ago to music

Song of the Day - No 210

Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes

WIKI
"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" is a song by Kate Bush. It is the fifth track on her debut album The Kick Inside and was released as her second single

Bush wrote the song when she was 13 and recorded it at the age of 16.

The song received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding British Lyric" in 1979.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAj8suae3WY

#SOTD #SongOfTheDay #music #katebush #progressivepop

David Ornstein: EXCL: Arsenal doctor Gary O’Driscoll moving to Manchester United. (lemmy.world)

🚨 EXCL: Arsenal doctor Gary O’Driscoll moving to Manchester United. Expected to remain in current role for transition period before completing switch later this summer. Highly-regarded medic a significant coup for #MUFC after 14+yrs at #AFC @TheAthleticFC...

darkufo, 11 months ago to music

Song of the Day - No 208

New Order - The Perfect Kiss

WIKI
"The Perfect Kiss" is a song by the English alternative dance and rock band New Order. It was recorded at Britannia Row Studios in London and released on 13 May 1985.[4] It is the first New Order song to be included on a studio album, Low-Life, at the same time as its release as a single.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3XW6NLILqo

#SOTD #SongOfTheDay #music #neworder #synthpop #dancepop

darkufo, 11 months ago to threads

Here is my NON-Scientific results of #Threads vs #mastondon reach.

My Mastodon account has 630+ Followers, my Threads one has 520+.

Asked both sets to Boost/Repost/Like/Favourite and comment.

Almost ZERO engagement/reach on Threads and massive reach on Mastodon.

I suspected Mastodon would easily win but not by this much.

https://fosstodon.org/@darkufo/110669173817652127

Screenshot showing 3 replies and 12 likes on my Threads post. Could not find a way to see the number of Reposts.

darkufo, 11 months ago to threads

Ok in 13 mins mastodon has already tripled the reach that #Threads has in 2 hrs.

darkufo, 11 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to mastodon

Doing a test here to see how much reach this #mastodon account with 550 followers has compared to the same test on #Threads with a 430 Follower count.

I suspect I already know the answer.

If you see this please Boost and Like, and if you want to leave a comment feel free to that.

FINAL UPDATE - 4 Days Later

Mastodon
Likes: 3,200+
Boosts: 2,600+
Replies: 150+
Followers gained: 225

Threads
Likes: 17
Retweet/Boosts: Unknown. No stats
Replies: 4
Followers Gained: 330

darkufo, 11 months ago to music

Song of the Day - No 207

Joy Division - Transmission

WIKI
"Transmission" is a song by English post-punk band Joy Division. Originally recorded in 1978 for the band's aborted self-titled album, it was later re-recorded the following year at a faster tempo and released by record label Factory as the band's debut single.

In May 2007, NME magazine placed it at number 20 in its list of the 50 "Greatest Indie Anthems Ever"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dBt3mJtgJc

#SOTD #SongOfTheDay #music #JoyDivision #postpunk

darkufo, 11 months ago to music

Song of the Day - No 199

Bauhaus - Dark Entries

WIKI
"Dark Entries" is a song by the English gothic rock band Bauhaus, released as a stand-alone single in January 1980 by Axis (an early name for 4AD) and later issued on 4AD and Beggars Banquet

In a feature for The Quietus, Mick Mercer included "Dark Entries" at No. 4 on his list of "The Thirty Best Goth Records of All Time"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8n6k8QcU3k

#SOTD #SongOfTheDay #music #Bauhaus #postpunk #gothicrock

darkufo, 11 months ago to music

Song of the Day - No 196

The Cure - A Forest

WIKI
"A Forest" is a song by the English rock band The Cure. Co-produced by Mike Hedges and the band's Robert Smith, it was released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds on 28 March 1980.

Recorded and mixed over seven days, along with the rest of the songs from the album, "A Forest" is representative of The Cure's 1980s gothic rock phase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xik-y0xlpZ0

#SOTD #SongOfTheDay #music #thecure #gothicrock #postpunk

smallcircles, 11 months ago to random

A good online privacy-respecting tool to plan a meeting. There's one that allows participants to specify availability ranges.

I checked Framadate, but here you must pre-select specific dates and times.

Have used such tool before, but forgot the name 😬

Anyone? #AskFedi

Jacob Steinberg: Arsenal keen on signing Kai Havertz with Chelsea set to demand fee of £70m (www.theguardian.com)

darkufo, 11 months ago to internet

Twitter stiffs Google

Musk won't pay his Google Cloud bill — and the company's trust and safety systems are hanging in the balance

https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-stiffs-google

#twitter #google #twittermigration #musk #melonmusk